[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 129 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2015]
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                       DEDICATION TO A COMMUNITY

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                          HON. BERNARD SANDERS

                               of vermont

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 6, 2005

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure, a great pleasure, for me 
to inform you, my colleagues in Congress, and through you the entire 
nation, about the kind of public service and dedication found in 
Vermont and, I suspect, in other villages, towns and cities throughout 
America.
  Aileen O'Neil has been the town clerk of Woodford, Vermont for 36 
years. For well over three decades she has met the needs of the people 
in her town of 421 citizens, keeping the town going and its records up 
to date. Her long and dedicated service was recently recognized by the 
Vermont Municipal Clerks and Treasurers Association, for they named her 
Vermont's Town Clerk of the Year.
  During all of those 36 years Aileen O'Neil has done what needs to be 
done, with care, with courtesy, and with a concern for the public life 
we share with one another. What she told a newspaper reporter recently 
is a model for all of us, for I think each of us would like to be able 
to say, while still at work after so many years, ``I love my job. I've 
loved my job all these years. It's a purpose in life for me.''
  We are lucky to have her, both as a town clerk in Woodford and as an 
example for all of us.

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